Automatic weather and carpet strip



Feb. 20, 1923. I

i I c. L WILLIS.

AUTOMATIC WEATHERfA'ND CABFET STRIP, flLED FEB, 28. I921.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

- CHARLES L. wrLLrs, orfnrcnmonn, INDIANA}? i -AuToMATIownATHEn,A DCARPETQSTRIPQ v Application filed February cajyieeif ls eriallifo. 14,507. d f i To all whm afmy ammif f Be it .kn'ownthat I, [CHAR ES L. l/VILLis, acitizen of the-United States, residing in the city of Richmond, inthefcounty, of

WVayne, State of Indiana, have, invented a new and useful Automatic YVeather and Carpet Strip, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition,- beingsuch asf will enable others tomake and install the samewith exactitudeQ .7

. The object ofjimyj present invention, broadly speaking, is to provide a weather or carpet strip for doors or the like, having means whereby as the door isclosedthe space usually below the door, through which cold air, dust, or other elementsmight enter, will be automatically ,v closed, at the same time providing an assembly--which. is'simple in character, strong and durable in construc tion, easily installed, and which will :re-

the position of quire practically noattention .to-keep it in working condition. a y I Other minor and subsidiary objects and particular advantages will suggest themselves in the course of the following description, and that which is new will be correlated in the claim.

The preferred means for carrying out my invention in a practical and economical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a front or outside elevation showing my invention in practice in connection with a door, part of which is shown. Figure 2 is a cross section, as taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figure 3 is the same as Figure 2 except that the door is shown as partly open thereby changing the invention.

Figure 4 an inside elevation of the door and other related parts and taken from direction opposite to that'of 1. Figure 5 shows the operating finger as taken from two different points. Figure 6 is a cross section of the lower portion of the door alone with related parts removed therefrom. And Figure 7 is a cross section of the central portion of the movable strip alone.

Similar indices denote like out the several views. 7

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of my invention parts throughmay be better understood and appreciated,

I will now take up a detailed description thereof, in which I will set forth the various features as fully and as clearly as I may.

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7 Referring now to. the drawings in detail:

Numeral 1 denotes thedoorsill, from which extend upwardly the two door-jambs 2 and 3. Numeral 4 denotes the door, which in this instance, is hinged lines. As I shown in, Figs. 31 and .6 the lower edge of the door .etis rabbetedto form an outer i I 3 h nges 5, onejof. which is shown in dotted l -.shaped groove, the topiA of which is at right angles to the face of the d 01 and the side: B is formed parallel with the fa'c'e flof. the door, thereby forming an inside flange ,C whose lower inner edge is beveled or tapered asat 1). Or in fact, hethebotto-m of" the doorwiththefiange Cf later attached thereto in any well 'knownfmanner, I

Secured on the sill 1, extending between the .jambs 2., nd 3, and, in contact with the inn'erjedges of theljambs2 and 3,. is,-the, permanentstrip .6, which forms the minor-po tion; of thefweather-strip; y Y I: j

Numeral 7 denotes the movable strip, which forms the weather strip, the same extends between the two jambs 2 and 3, and it is movably connected at its forward the sill 1 by means of the hinges 8.. The forward or inner edge of the strip 7 is adapted to contact with the strip 6, the two forming an oval When the door is closed and the strip 7 is raised, as in Fig. 2, its inner edge contacts with the face A and the side B of the groove in the lower edge of the door, substantially as shown.

A permanent strip forming a hood 11 is secured to the outer face of the door 4, and it adjoins the face. Avof the groove and it extends the full width of the door. to which it is secured. A

Cleats 9 and 10 are secured to the opposing faces of the respective jambs 2 and 3 which, when the door is closed, and the strip 7 is lifted up, provide the means for effectually closing the joints at the ends of the strip 7, substantially as shown.

A weight 12 is secured within the central or outer edge to the face of weather strip as in Fig. 3.

major portion of the portion of the strip 7 whereby said strip 7 near the jamb 2, is a notch 13, Figure 4.

Numeral 14 denotes an angular finger having an eye at its upper end to receive the screw by which said finger is secured to the face B of the groove in the bottom of the door. It will be apparent that as the door is opened and closed the said finger will travel back and forth through the notch 13, whereby the lower portion of said finger may engage the underside of the strip 7, in order to raise said strip 7 as in Fig. 2.

g It will now be seen that if the door 4 be opened as in Fig. 3,"that the strip 7 will lie fiat in contact with'the surface of the sill 1 1 thereby permitting a person to walk thereover or step thereonas in the event of an ordinary carpet strip. However as the door is being closed it is apparent that the finger 14 will project under the strip 7 thereby lifting said strip, and as the door reaches. its final closed position the strip 7 will be brought to the position in whic'hit is shown inFig. 2, thereby absolutely excluding the passage of wind or weather below the door, and thereby accomplishing the desideratum of this invention.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is+

An automatic weather and carpet strip, in combination with a door-sill and jambs and a door hinged to one or the jambs and adapt-- ed to contact with both of the jambs, there together to form an between the door and being an L-shaped groove formed in the lower edge of the outer portion ofthe'door, a permanent strip secured on the sill and forming the minor portion of the weather forming the major strip, a movable strip portion of the weather strip and extending between the jambs, hinges by which the movable'strip is pivotally connected at its forward outer edge to the face of the sill, the movable strip and the permanent strip being'adapted to ,contactwith each other and oval to close the space the sill, a hood secured to the Out r face of the door to protect the movable strip, cleats secured tothe jambs for closing the points at the ends of the weather strip, a weight secured to the movable strip, and an angular finger securedto the face of the groove inthe lower edge of the. door which as the door is opened and closed will travel back and forth in a notch in the permanentstrip whereby the finger may engage or be disengaged from the movable strip, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub scribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' CHARLES L. WILLIS.

Witnesses:

' 'Ron'r. W. RANDLE,

R. E. HANDLE. 

